- Ali Khan Shirvanshir: The desert doesn't ask for anything, doesn't give anything and doesn't promise anything.
- Nino Kipiani: No, no, no, no, no... Ali... don't we mean anything to you?
- Ali Khan Shirvanshir: Swallowing hard... You mean everything.
- Nino Kipiani: Look what happened last time we separated
- Ali Khan Shirvanshir: It's not the same.You're not travelling to a strange country. You're going to your parents'.
- Ali Khan Shirvanshir: Nino tries to say something. I have to do this Nino. It will be our baby's country when she grows up. Ali pauses. It has to be defended.